There are ways of promoting your content at Digg by picking up content from the net. But there are lots of drawbacks of such an act. It is advisable to follow the following advices.

1. Extensive love and hard work is all you need to attain success at Digg. Great content is also a deciding factor in your ladder to success.
2. You need to contribute religiously in Digg which is a community in itself. You can find out your friends and extend out helping hand to them. Find out people harboring some common interest. Search for subjects that they choose to Digg and become a fan if it is common and interesting. Try to be the first to Digg. Comment on stories and get noticed as the writers add you to their list of friends. Gradually develop a fan base and extend your help to newer people.
3. IF you want success at Digg then you need to work to your maximum potential. Successful Diggers make comments that are unique and Digg the most interesting and popular stories. They respond responsibly to help from friends and shout at a regular basis if they have anything to share. They work to draw benefits.
4. If you are not nice at Digg then you better stay mute. There is nothing worse to a person with low self confidence than a discouraging remark on a story or content. The bottom line is if you do not like something then do not Digg it because discouraging comments can lead to hostility.
5. Your content is the most intricate part of Digg. There are certain things you should keep in mind while writing articles, posting photographs or making an interesting video: i).    Write something that people will read
   ii).    Innovate something unique and new.
   iii).    Create something that others will love to share.
   iv).    Produce some good stuff.
6. After you have your network of friends and you have submitted to Digg, you have to share your stuff. This is commonly termed as shouting. Popular Diggers obtain lots of shouts, so you need to have some unique stuff to match the shouts of the popular Diggers.
7. Since Digg is popular, it gets spammed. If you breach the terms and conditions of the community then you will have your site and account banned for certain. There are ceratin things that you should watch for: i).    Never try something that artificially increases the number of Diggs for content. If your work is not getting the required recognition then work harder as your work does not deserve any links.
   ii).    You may find a chauvinistic comment funny but it can hurt the sentiments of a woman and get you banned.
   iii).    Never promote a site more than once. You will be viewed as a spammer and get banned for certainity.
8. There is no point promoting your content only at Digg. You need to make an effort elsewhere too. You need to keep in mind that your content should have social book marking buttons on them. You may use Twitter to raise some interest and then shout it to your fans if it generates the required interest. Submit a single story from a particular domain and then allow other people to do the work for you.
9. After you have submitted your article and shouted it out to friends, stop it there. Never spam others by placing numerous shouts and reminders. They might not vote for you and on the contrary might report you for spamming.
10. Do not let failure trouble you. The first few submissions might not get the popularity it deserves. If you know that the content you are posting is not so self serving and is of good quality then you will surely and gradually attain the necessary success. The more content you post, the more you will understand the requirements of the people.

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